On August 28, 1859 two bushy-bearded men, George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake, pulled their drill 21 meters out of the ground near Titusville, Pennsylvania. It was coated in a thick, black sludge. Oil.
This well, the Drake Well, initiated the world’s first oil boom. People flowed int...
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Picture your future neighbourhood. Electricity is provided to homes and businesses by a series of local solar installations, and a biogas plant or two which uses organic waste, like food scraps, to produce power. Battery-operated storage facilities or flywheel systems...
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What should we do with our money given the current political climate in the US and Canada? Whether you want to use your money to fight policy driven by climate-change denial, defund the oil industry and big banks, or you simply want to diversify and de-risk your investment portfolio, now is the ti...
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It goes without saying that we all want to maximize the financial returns of our investments. The terms of the agreement may be complex, but the concept is simple: You lend your money to others to use for their purposes, and they pay you back with interest. But purchasing investments comes with cos...
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The Ontario government is taking steps to reduce our carbon footprint and promote energy efficiency and conservation. They’re doing a decent job, but it isn’t enough. So Ontarians have banded together, and we’re moving on the ground to ensure our province has a sustainable future....
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Want to keep on top of all things environmental? Interested in learning more about investing for impact? Here’s a list of some of recommended resources:
Environmental Registry Alerts
Sign up for this easy-to-use web tool to get email alerts when the Ontario government is proposing to or abo...
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What if you learned that despite your best efforts to go green—eating locally grown food, biking to work, buying less stuff—on the whole, you have contributed more than ever to climate change because you have money invested in the fossil fuel industry?
For many of us, this is the reality...
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Adopting renewable energy is necessary for the survival of mankind, however a vast portion of the population still do not think that clean energy is worth the effort. The sentiment that our energy bills are already high enough in Ontario permeates the media, and sends renewable energy supporters loo...
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Solar power as we know it today is a relatively young technology. Whereas other renewables, like hydro and wind power have long established histories – being used on an industrial scale even before the nations of the world started to electrify –...
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